Peddler in Another World: I Can Go Back to My World Whenever I Want! Volume 6 [Parts 1 to 5] by Hiiro Shimotsuki

Author:Hiiro Shimotsuki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter Five: Everyone, Lend Me Your Strength!

Three days after my little chat with Karen and Aina, I found myself standing in the middle of the guild’s drinking hall on a makeshift stage I’d built out of wooden boxes.

“Ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for joining me here this evening!” I said, raising my voice so that everyone could hear me. I surveyed the crowd in front of me. “First of all, allow me to reintroduce myself. I am Shiro Amata, a merchant here in Ninoritch.”

Like always, the place was packed, but on this particular day, the tables weren’t filled with adventurers.

“Mr. Shiro! You said you would negotiate with me if I came to the guildhall. So what are all of these other merchants doing here?” griped Dahl, the merchant who had accosted me in the marketplace a few days prior. His intervention opened the floodgates to a chorus of protests.

“Mr. Shiro! I thought you wanted to discuss business with me?”

“What? No, he’s here to barter with me!”

“Why did you invite all these other merchants here?”

“Ah, I know! He’s planning to hold an auction right here and now!”

“An auction? Heh. Fine by me. We at the Crimson Dawn Merchant Association have enough money to buy up your whole stock!”

“I’ll do whatever it takes to get my hands on that dress made of star fragments!”

Yup, that’s right: I’d gotten all of the merchants who’d come to Ninoritch to negotiate with me to gather in the guild’s drinking hall. And how had I managed that? Well, it was quite simple, actually. I’d spent most of the past three days strolling around town, waiting to be set upon by merchants, and when I was, I told them things like, “There’s something I’d like to discuss with you. When are you available? Would you be willing to meet me over at the Fairy’s Blessing guild?” or “I have a special proposal for you, but I can’t share the details of it here with all these prying eyes around. Could we meet up at the guildhall in three days’ time?” And they’d all bought it, hook, line, and sinker.

Naturally, I’d asked Ney in advance if I could use the guild’s drinking hall for this purpose, and she had graciously agreed. I’d also instructed Aina to tell any merchants who dropped by the shop about this evening’s meeting at the guildhall. Still, I hadn’t anticipated such a huge turnout, and a quick glance around the room told me there were at least a hundred merchants in attendance. I also spotted a couple of rich merchants who were in town to buy treasure from the guild among the crowd, probably curious what was going on.

One irate merchant raised his voice at this juncture. “You told us you’d negotiate with us if we came here this evening! What the hell is going on?”

Ah, you see, that’s where you’re wrong, buddy. I’d never once uttered the word “negotiate,” merely alluded to having “something” to discuss or suggested I had a “special proposal” to put to them.

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